Coin-delivery apparatus.



PATENTED JUNE 2,1903.

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APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 14, 1903.

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PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903.

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Patented June 2, 1903.

PAT NT OFFICE.

ARTHUR QUAMBUSCH, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

COIN-DELIVERY APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,794, dated-June 2, 1903.

Application filed February 14, 1903. Serial No. 143,376. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ARTHUR QUAMBUSCH, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Bar-men, in the Province of Rhenish Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Delivery Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference'being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved coindelivery apparatus or money-registering till which distinguishes itself by the simplicity of its construction, so that it can be made very cheap and may be used by small dealers and tradespeople. The simplicity of its construction, on the other side, insures at the same time a great certainty and exactness in its action.

The new apparatus is provided with sev eral horizontal coin-guides, which are covered by a pane of glass and which correspond in number to the number of the different coins in use. These guides are formed of an endless band, which carrythe coins from the entrance side to an oblique sliding plane, whence they are conducted to the proper compartment in thetill and sorted according to value. The length of the endless-band guides is such that each coin brought uponone of them will be visible thereon until a second payment has been made.

The controlling of the payments or of the amounts is made by means of a strip of paper passing under an opening below a copying-band by which the amount is noted down and which is carried forward after each payment, so that the sum of the addition of these entries must agree with the amount of cash in the till. The original of these entries can be withdrawn sidewise and torn off and is handed over to the payer as a receipt, as usual.

On the accompanying drawings the new apparatus is represented in various views and sectional views, and

Figure 1 is a vertical section along line AA of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig.1, the cover partly taken off. Fig. 3 shows in plan that part of the apparatus containing the controlling and receipt strips. Fig. 4 is a vertical section along line B B of Fig. 2. Fig. 5

is a vertical section along line C C of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section along line D D of Fig.

The apparatus consists in part of a box 1, which is divided by a vertical wall 2 in two compartments. The larger one, 3, of these compartments contains in its lower part the till proper, 3, which can be locked. Above it are arranged the mechanisms for carrying and transporting the coins. The small compartment 4 contains the controlling-strip and the mechanisms for its movement. The cover 5 of the casing 1 forms at its rear end apayingboard 6, in which are arranged the spouts 01' funnels 7 for the entry of the coins. These funnels go obliquely downward to form channels 8. At the end of each of them is a moneyguide 9, and these guides are separated from each other by laths or strips 10, fixed to the under side of the cover 5. The bottom of the guides is formed by an endless band 11, placed around rollers 12 13, which are carried in the sides of the boX. The pin 14 of the roller 12 projects to the outside of the box to receive a handle 15, by which it can be turned, and the endless band can thus be set in motion, a ratchet-wheel16, fixed to the pin 14, and a pawl 17, allowing the turning of the handle only in one direction, as indicated by the arrow. A spring-catch 15, arranged behind the handle and which enters into a hole in the latter, arrests the turning of this after each revolution. A supporting-board 18, placed below the upper trace of the endless band and held at the sides by a bearing 18, provents said band from being pressed down by the weight of the coins. The cover 5 is made of panes of glass 10, so that the coins thrown into the funnel 7 will be visible on the carrying band 11. As stated above, there are as many coin-guides as there are sorts of coins. On the examples shown there are ten funnels and ten guides. At the front or delivery end of these guides are arranged oblique slides 20 and 21, respectively, which alternately direct the coins rearward and forward into the proper compartments of the till 3, so that if the coins are placed into their proper funnels 7 they will also get properly sorted into their respective compartments in the till. The length of the guideis so that when the handle 1.5 makes one revolution the endless band will advance thecoins thereon fully half the length of its path.

In the small compartment 4 of the casin g 1, mentioned above, Fi 2, 4, and 6, is arranged at its upper side a block serving as a writing-desk. Above itisan opening cut into the cover, and this opening is covered by a thin metal plate 24, having an openin 2 3. A strip of paper is carried over said block, coming from a roll 26 and passing between two rollers 27 28. The upper one of these rollers 27 is carried in a forked bracket 29 and is pressed down upon the lower one, 28, by a spring 30, so that when the roller 28 is turned around it will pull forward the strip 25 just far enough as will be necessary to make an entrythat is to say, by the width of the opening 23. For this purpose an eccentric 31 is keyed to the pin ll of the handle 15, the rod 32 of which acts upon a lever 33, having a pawl 3% at its upper end engaging with a ratchet-wheel 35 at the end of the pin of the roll 28. In changing the point of connection of the eccentricrod and of the lever 233 the length of the stroke and the amount of turning of the roller 28 can be varied. 1

Over the block 22 and at right angles to the controlling-strip 25 is passed a second strip of paper 86-the receipt-stripwhieh is pulled off from a roll 38 between the two uprights 37 by the rollers 39 40, which are pressed together by springs. These rollers 39 40 are placed in an appendix or extension 41 of the main casing, and the strip of paper is passed through an. opening 42 of the same. The lower one of these rollers 40 receives its motion from the roller 12 of the coin-carrier band by means of the bevel-wheels 43 4:41, keyed to the shafts H. and 10*, respectively. It is recommended to cover the roller 39 by india-rubbor and to provide the roller etO with little teeth or pins 45, which perforate the receiptstrip at certain intervals, so that it can be conveniently torn off. Any other suitable cutting device may be arranged instead of this for facilitating the taking away of the receipt. Below the writing-desk 22 the receipt-strip 36 passes between a printing device, consisting by preference of the two printing or pressure rollers 16 46, and coloring-roller 47. By means of this every receipt before being given out can be provided with a suitable advertisement or other printed matter.

Between the controlling-strip 25 and the receiptstrip 36 is placed a coloring-band a8, being Wound off from the pin 4.9 onto the pin 50 by means of knobs or buttons fixed to their ends outside of the casing.

A spring 51, placed into the rear end of the casing, has the tendency to throw open the till 3, while a bolt 52, which enters a hole on the upper edge of one of the side boards of the till, holds the till locked when it is not raised out of said hole. Now this bolt is con- In pushing it back again the bolt 52 falls down again into the hole in the side board of the till and locks this again. In order to give a warning when the till has been opened and to make sure that it has been closed and locked again, I arrange a bell 53 at its rear end, a detent 55, connected to the till and acting upon the hammer 5i of this bell, causes the same to be sounded at each movement. ment has been made, the coins are put into the res )ective funnels 7 whence the are ear-- ried by the channels 8 onto the guide-band 11. Here they remain visible through the glass cover. The amount paid is now written upon the strip 25 under the opening 23, and by the coloring-baml as it is at the same time copied on the receipt-strip 36. Now the handle 15 is turned once and the coins are transported forward a little more than half the length of the carrier-band and the controlling-strip is pulled on about the width of the opening and at the same time the receipt-strip is also pushed out of the opening 42 by the rollers 35) e0, so much that the receipted part can be torn off and handed over to the buyer, the perforation of the receipt-strip having been made also facilitating the tearing off of the receipt. During all this time the amount paid is still visible on the carryin g-band,so that the whole transaction can still be controlled. By the next payment the coins paid down before are pushed into the till below.

I am aware that money-registering tills and coin-delivery apparatus of this class have been known before my invention, and I do not claim, broadly, such an apparatus; but

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a coin-delivery apparatus in combination with a box 1, a partition-wall 2 forming a small compartment 4 and a large compartment 3 in said box, a till 3 contained in the lower part of said large compartment, mechanisms in the upper part of said compartment for transporting the coin paid in into the till, a cover 5 covering said box, glass panes 19 in said cover, a paying-board 6 at the rear end of said cover, funnels 7 in said paying-board, channels 8 leading the coins from said funnels onto money-guides 9, strips 10 separating the guides 9 from each other, rollers 12, 13 respectively carried in the sides of the box 1, an endless band 11 placed around said rollers to form an endless-band carrier, a board 18 supporting the upper trace of said band-carrier, a pin 14: carrying said roller 12 and having its one end proj ecting outside of the casing 1, a handle 15 keyed to this extending end of pin 14, a spring-catch 15 opposite to the handle 15 to arrest the same after each revolution, oblique slides 20, 21 respectively at the delivery end of the endless carrier-band for delivering the coins in separate compartments of the till 3, the whole as described and illustrated and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a coin-delivery apparatus in combina- \Vhen a paythe roller 27 upon the roller 28, an eccentric 31 on the pin 14 of handle 15, an eccentric-rod 32 taking hold of a rocking lever 33, a pawl 34 fixed to said lever, a ratchet-wheel 35 engaging with said pawl and fixed to the pin of said roller 28,tl1e whole as described and illustrated and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a coin-delivery apparatus in combination with a boX 1, a partition-wall 2 forming a large compartment 3 and a small compartment 4 in said box, a writing-bloclc22 in the upper part of said compartment 4, a metal plate 24 covering said block, an opening 23 in said plate, a controlling-strip 25 passing over said writing-block, uprights 37 in said small compartment 4, a receipt-strip between said uprights and passed crosswise to said controlling-strip below the same over said writing-block, a coloring-band 48 between the controlling-strip 25 and the receipt-strip 36, winding-pins 49 and 50 respectively for winding on and off said coloring-band 48, an extension 41, an outlet-hole 42 for the receiptstrip in the front side of said part 41, deliver rollers 39 and 40 respectively pulling forward the receipt-strip after each revolution of the crank, bevel-gearing 43, 44 on the crank-shaft 14 and on roller-shaft 40 respectively for driving the roller 40, pins 45 on said roller 40 for perforating the receipt-strip at each revolution, printing-rollers 46, 46 carried in said uprights 37 and a coloring-roller 47 below roller 46, the whole as describedvand illustrated and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a coin-delivery apparatusin combination with a box 1, a partition-wall 2 forming a small compartment 4 and a large compartment 3 in said box, a till 3 contained in the lower part of said large compartment, a spring 51 behind and tending to throw open said till, a locking-bolt 52 connected to the eccentricrod 32 bolting and releasing the till at each revolution of the handle 15 and eccentric 31, a bell 53 placed behind the till 3, a detent connected to the same, a hammer 54 actuated by said detent and causing the bell to be sounded at every movement forward or backward (opening or closing) of the till, the whole as described and illustrated and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR QUAJMIBUSOH.

\Vitnesses:

Orro KoNIG, J A. RITTERSHAUS. 

